This has been fabulous! I've done nothing much else but try to figure it all out since it was posted. I can be found wandering the house muttering the last segment over and over and over. It was a brilliant move on their part to do this.

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that right now, we are all like Gandalf before the Doors of Moria. Throwing out every spell that has ever been uttered in ME. The answer is probably so absurdly easy and right before our eyes....it'll be, in hindsight, like "speak 'Friend' and enter"

When we do find out the answer, I am printing out this thread and saving it forever. The Riddle is now legend.